"The key is patience and a lot of pomade," says Ursula Stephens, celebrity stylist, the very woman responsible for Rihanna's shaved patch, and the owner of Ursula Stephens The Salon. "Because no matter what kind of texture you have, the grow-out process is still the same — slow and steady."

Here's how Stephens suggests dealing with your Skrillex/Rihanna/Christina Milian/whatever you want to call it head stubble.

1. Be. Patient. "Your hair grows a half inch per month, so prepare for this look to take a while to grow out," she says.

2. Wrap a scarf around your head. "While your hair is wet, tie a scarf around your head with the short hair on the shaved side laying flat," she notes. "Having fabric held tightly against your head will help mold and set it in a downward way, preparing it for the product you'll put on next."

3. Use stylers to your benefit. "After you untie your scarf, pick up a pomade if you have coarse or thick hair — I recommend Motions Shine Enhancing Pomade — and apply it onto the hair that's growing in so it stays laying flat," she says. "Otherwise, it will cause your hair to pouf out in that area. If you have fine hair, use a gel, which will give you hold, but won't be too much product for your hair's thickness."

4. Center or side part your hair and cover the shaved side."As your buzzed hair starts to grow back, one way to camouflage it is to part your hair in the middle or on the other side, and then flip your hair over the shaved spot," explains Stephens.

5. Add in extensions. "Whether they're clip-ins or professional extensions done by your stylist at the salon, once the shaved side of your head has some length to it, you can add in extensions to hide and blend your otherwise super-short hair."

Shaved both sides of your head and are now ready to grow it back out? "Decide which side you like best and let that be the one that you keep shaved while the other side comes in," says Stephens. "Then, use the above tricks to tame your hair as it grows."